If the weight of your breasts causes back pain, a breast reduction will definitely help relieve back pain.
To test, try holding up your breasts in your hands and see if it lessens the pain. If you experience instant relief, then a breast reduction will really help you.
Is breast reduction surgery effective in treating back pain?
The answer to that question is:
YES
Breast reduction surgery has shown to be very effective in treating back pain, and some of the associated symptoms. Neck pain, shoulder pain, skin irritation, all of these things are treated by breast reductions.
Now, it’s important to distinguish back pain in the sense that it may be due to other musculoskeletal issues. Some of these issues may be herniated discs, maybe other musculoskeletal issues related to trauma such as accidents, or falls.
And in most cases that becomes quite obvious simply from recognizing that the gravitational forces that are imposed on the frame body with large pendulous breasts it can definitely have an effect.
Breast reduction surgery has been effective in treating back pain and with the proper evaluation and the proper guidance through your primary physician and your plastic surgeon you should be able to determine whether or not it’s the right procedure for you.
